Pan-European "Air Quality for Health"

Partners involvedNILU, IVL, IJS, GKSS, MPI-C, ISPRA, CNR

Use case descriptionAs an example of how the EGIDA methodology may be applied, the current task will work towards promoting awareness and stimulate engagement of the GEO principles in the Air Quality and Health communities. To achieve this, a systematic analysis of legislation, measurement data, models, information resources, monitoring programmes and research projects will be undertaken. Through meetings with the Air Quality and Health communities, the analysis will be discussed and enriched. The meetings will furthermore be used as a tool for transferring of the EGIDA methodologies to enable dissemination of results and data from national and international stakeholders to GEOSS as a whole.

During the EGU Splinter Session meeting: "The Science & Technology challenges for GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)" Dr. Stefano Nativi and Dr. Hans-Peter Plag will give a speech about "The contribution of EGIDA" in the GEOSS and the Science and Technology community

In the final meeting of the FP7 Project HYPOX (In situ monitoring of oxygen depletion in hypoxic ecosystems of coastal and open seas, and land-locked water bodies) Stefano Nativi will give a talk about "EGIDA presentation: strengthening GEOSS effectiveness and implementation."

16 February 2012, GEO, GMES and national activities in Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The workshop was organized in the context of OBSERVE, BalkanGeoNet and EGIDA FP7 projects to inform the audience on the latest developments regarding International and Slovenian Earth Observation activities.

In Rome, on 18th and 19th April, a Workshop is being organized to identify best practices and their commonalities within GEOSS for possible replication, as well as gaps to be filled at national and/or regional level.

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First EGIDA Advisory Board and Stakeholders Network meetingin the framework of the GEO/EGIDA Workshop: "Connecting GEOSS and its Stakeholders in Science and Technology", 9-11th May 2011, University of Bonn, Germany.